Static delta is achieved by using the underlying product - thus you dont have to worry about adjusting your delta when the market gaps up/down....
My preference is to trade static delta and Long vol. if not a market maker, my preference is to be Long options with no margin calls. Lock in...
Big positions cant get fair pricing in illiquid options so use the liquid underlying. Deep in the money options have no time premium left so...
Ok - I'm buying cheap puts for expiry on Friday at the 117 strike. If stock plunges to 110 by Friday, I will cover by buying the stock. I can make...
I have come to the same conclusion that big players have - you have to be mentally prepared to cover in the underlying product. This means...
They went public and the private equity investors took profits. These guys never had a losing month since starting up business. Life as a public...
I have built my own system that has generated incredible terms for many years. If the day comes when it stops working, I will look to license it...
This is no big secret. If you follow any of their shows which involve live trading, you can see their P&L and its always showing losers. Tony had...
Those were the days when anyone spreading false news was thrown in jail. Those were the days when you traded on "News" it was more likely than not...
The proof is the fact that selling naked options will at some point get "too big" (Big Loss). There is no way to avoid it if your selling naked...
I agree with Lee. The retail client can't see global order flows and run algo's on trading servers around the world to push liquidity before and...
OK - I was able to get intraday prices on charts and add the virtual security into a quote list using the "~" in front of the name for my virtual...
Ok - for the sake of discussion, your suggesting that a broker providing faster real time feeds and a clean historical database could make...
As I said, when ready to get more sophisticated - go to the virtual security and there is an open canvas to do whatever you want - limits unknown....
Why don't you explore what your brokers platform can provide between their charting capabilities to create virtual securities and the search...
IB does provide 90% of the global exchanges and data is a core component required for any broker to provide a trading platform. Think about the...
IF you want a straight forward historical analysis of these 3 Spot FX rates it's simple: Go to Charts/Edit/Chart Parameters..... The default is...
The reality is the execution of options is terrible. The brokers provide a delayed quote feed and market makers don't provide fair quotes even...
My personal experience is that CPA's typically have no valuable experience with active option traders and will make more mistakes than I did. My...
you're much better off writing algorithms within their charting application and let them store all the data on their server. This also helps with...
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